The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-20
CONSTITUTION ATLANTA

ent ca7acity Say for Old worn out land that viii
make from three hundred to five hundred pounds
seed cotton per acre, and how much should be ap-
Piled per acre and for land rich in vegetable matter
that Will make from eight hundred to twelve hun
dred pounds Of seed cotton and how nj CT should
be applied per acre. 2. is it best to make compost
Of potags0 uh0spho and cotton seed? OR will 1t co
well to apply each separately at bedding tilnei
and, If the last adopted should the seed be Killed
or put out green? g. What is the comparative value
OF ton Of poiasso phospho and cotton seed proper
combnatonl and ton Of SCOTS eo'sSTtum
phospho? 4. VIII an admixture of pottasso phospho
with cotton seed improve them as fertilizer for
corn II 10, in what proportion SHOULD each be
used2
scotts pottasso phospho, containing muriate Of
potash in place of kanit analyzes twelve to four
teen per cent available phospholo acid ana four to
six per cent potash
/. For the poorest land 100 pounds of phos-
plate to Is bushels of cotton seed. Above
quantity is safe and fair amount for an acre.
If soil is filled with humus and well prepared
fifty per cent more may be applied For the
richest land 100 pounds of phosphate to ten
bushels of seed and double that quantity APP
piled TO an acre is fair manuring. BY put
ting part in drill and part in list burrows twice
above quantity may be applid to an acre.
9. IL the seed are put in before the middle of
February and covered so deep that they will
ply the two separately, putting in tho green
seed and scattering phosphate on them. 1t is
better to put the seed in green-not killed.
8. Ten bushels of seed to 100 pounds
of phosphate makes a compost which by
weight is about o.ie-third the value of Cos
sypium pnospho--that is about 1900 pounds
of the latter is about equal to $50 pounds of
the compost of seed and phosphate. This is
given only as an approximate estimate. 1t is
difficult to make an exact one. 4. Yes. Phos-
phatic nanures almost universally increase
the yield of corn, and the addition of potash is
also desirable-1O0 pounds of phosphate to
every fifteen bushels of seed is good mixture
on ordinary land. On very poor land double
the quantity of seed might be mixed with the
same amount of phosphate.
CIV. T., Huntsville, S. G.. Can you tell me any
thing about tile draining? How deep should the
bitches be, and how far apart? Where can the tiles
be purchased and at what price, could it be done
cheaper with logs or poles, and how long do you
suppose poles or logs would last? Please give me
some idea of how it is done, and the advantages to
be derived from it, have piece of land that
would like to tile drain, if the expense not too
great and the advantages to be derived will justly
the outlay of labor and money.
Tile draining will certainly help land. 1t
makes it dry off sooner i'll spring, so that crops
may be started on it earlier; and it keeps it
from being water-sogged during protracted
rains, and thus prevents the roots of plants
from being killed off by excessive moisture.
Some recent experiments, made under the di-
reotion of Professor Newman, of the Alabama
experiment station, show that on some of the
flat lands in middle Alabama, the yield of
corn was increased fifty per cent by tile drain
ing. But tits expensive. Freight ON tiles is